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November 23, 2022
UN report: Investing in restoration
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization and aims to...
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November 16, 2022
FSB, NGFS warn about 'understated' risk in climate scenarios
The Financial Stability Board and the Network for Greening the Financial System have published a joint report on the analyses undertaken by central banks and...
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November 15, 2022
Guidance on TCFD for real estate companies
Should you not be familiar with the Net-Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition, it is a private-sector initiative created after the UK government announced its 2050 net...
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November 9, 2022
NZBA's view: good progress but more is needed on intermediate targets
The Net Zero Banking Alliance has published its first progress report today, after the UN-backed initiative was launched last April. In it, it said that...
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November 9, 2022
Report: Net Zero Banking Alliance members fall short of expectations
ShareAction, a non-profit that supports responsible investment, has found "crucial gaps" in the net zero targets of some of the largest members of the Net...
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November 8, 2022
Over $2tn a year needed by 2030 for 'loss and damage' and to cut EMs' emissions
A new study says that the annual investment needs of emerging and developing economies, excluding China, will exceed $2tn by 2030 to reduce carbon emissions,...
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November 7, 2022
TNFD launches new version of nature disclosures
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures has published the latest version of its framework on nature-loss disclosures due to be finalised next year, which the organisation aims to place on...
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November 7, 2022
Study shows SFDR Article 9 funds' shortcomings
With the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation being largely used as a fund labelling system, are the funds classified under SFDR's Article 9 – those that have environmental and social...
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November 3, 2022
US banks lag behind peers on climate action, says study
Ahead of COP27, environmental campaigner Sierra Club has published a report examining the climate pledges made by the six largest banks in the US. It examined net-zero commitments, interim targets...
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November 1, 2022
ESG seeps into $15tn repo market
Few may be familiar with the 'repo' market, the space where repurchase agreements are traded. Essentially, these are collateralised short-term loans, where one party sells a security and agrees to...
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October 31, 2022
Amazon forest is turning into 'carbon-emitting Savannah' says new research
A new report by not-for-profit Planet Tracker shows that the Amazon forest is approaching a "tipping point" and risks turning into a "carbon-emitting Savannah" because of deforestation and climate change....
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